Advice on how to choose a rope for rock climbing and mountaineering either indoors at the climbing wall or outdoors on the mountain crags.

All you need to know about choosing carabiners for rock climbing indoors, outdoors, mountaineering and alpinism. We look at shapes, strengths, styles and even colour including some great tips.

British Mountain Guide Adrian Nelhams gives tips on keeping your crampons, ice axes and ice screws in good condition ready for winter mountaineering and ice climbing.

Great questions to think about when you are buying rock shoes, rock boots or climbing slippers either for climbing indoors at the wall, bouldering or outside on the crags and mountains.

A description of the key items you need to start building your own rack for traditional or lead rock climbing, including karabiners, nuts, hex’s, cams and tips on how to use them.